What a great way to start the 4th and to remember Beverly Sills. My first
exposure to "All the thing you are" was on the radio - yes remember that?
When I was growing up in the mid-late sixties, there were actually radio
programs that celebrated song, opera and classical music. I heard this
song first in a recording by the great John Charles Thomas - talk of
knowing how to deliver the American Song Book. When I started singing,
this was one of the first songs I learned and continued to sing, first as a
baritone and later of course as a tenor. I used to take the high option at
the end but learned to prefer it as written.
Happy 4th to everyone and lets remember Beverly and of course the great
Regine Crespin. They died days apart, Sills on the 2nd and Crespin on the
5th. One 80, one 79 and both great losses. Great artists and treasured
memories from my first exposure to Opera and after.
Donald
On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Jon Goldberg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Beautiful rendition. Also, notice how she avoids any stock gesticulating -
> which takes a
> good deal of poise and self-awareness and control. Many other singers
> would more easily
> do all sorts of meaningless hand gestures. ;-)
>
> Not to digress from Bubbles, but as long as we're on this song - one of
> the very greatest
> songs in the Great American Songbook, IMO - anyone who has not heard the
> original
> arrangement from the actual show, Kern's "Very Warm For May" (as unearthed
> by the
> late great John McGlinn in the 1990's), really should. It's quite the
> operatic experience,
> lol. After a lovely soft intro by the strings, we hear a long, extended
> multi-section verse
> (just as in "You Are Love" from Showboat, but much longer and grander),
> then the
> familiar melody sung by a soprano with a beautiful baritone counterpoint
> underneath,
> and then a repeat of the refrain sung by a richly-arranged chorus and 4
> soloists,
> including a soprano descant that rises to a bravura high D at the end of
> the bridge,
> holding over into the final A section. (That part gives me wonderful
> chills every time...)
>
> Stunning. (And I literally was stunned when I first heard this. It was
> already one of my
> favorite songs - this just sealed the deal, lol.) And for anyone who
> thinks they don't like
> musicals, and who doesn't come away from this simply in love with this
> arrangement -
> well, I dare you. ;-)
>
> Studio version:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUNQy0uHUvs
>
> Live version in concert
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf80ntbCLCc
>
>
> Had this version been rediscovered before Sills had retired from singing,
> it would have
> been heaven to hear her do it.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:29:41 -0400, Art McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >A wonderful tribute, Jerry. To your list of YouTubes, I would add my own
> >favorite: "All the Things You Are," from one of her many Tonight Show
> >appearances. A classy rendition with judicious portamento (no pseudo jazz
> >slurs and slides) and the sensitive diction you talk about:
> >
> >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yTeixRxPBg
> >
> >**********************************************
> >OPERA-L on Facebook:
> >http://www.facebook.com/groups/25703098721/
> >-----------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------
> >To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to [log in to unmask]
> >containing only the words: SIGNOFF OPERA-L
> >-----------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------
> >To stay subscribed but TURN OFF mail, send a message to
> >[log in to unmask] containing only the words: SET OPERA-L
> NOMAIL
> >-----------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------
> >Modify your settings: http://listserv.bccls.org/archives/opera-l.html
> >-----------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------
>
> **********************************************
> OPERA-L on Facebook:
> http://www.facebook.com/groups/25703098721/
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to [log in to unmask]
> containing only the words: SIGNOFF OPERA-L
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> To stay subscribed but TURN OFF mail, send a message to
> [log in to unmask] containing only the words: SET OPERA-L NOMAIL
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Modify your settings: http://listserv.bccls.org/archives/opera-l.html
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
**********************************************
OPERA-L on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/25703098721/
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to [log in to unmask]
containing only the words: SIGNOFF OPERA-L
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
To stay subscribed but TURN OFF mail, send a message to
[log in to unmask] containing only the words: SET OPERA-L NOMAIL
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Modify your settings: http://listserv.bccls.org/archives/opera-l.html
--------------------------------------------------------------------------